Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Modi Returns to SRCC for Centenary Celebrations After 13 Years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going back to Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi.
He will attend the college’s 100th-anniversary celebrations on Saturday.
He will also speak to the people gathered there.
Modi last visited the college in 2013.
At that time, he was the chief minister of Gujarat.
One year later, he became prime minister.
His return happens while the BJP is reaching out to young people.
Elections are planned next year in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Shri Ram College of Commerce on Saturday.
He will participate in SRCC’s centenary celebrations and address the gathering.
Modi last visited the institution in 2013 as Gujarat’s chief minister.
He became India’s prime minister one year after that visit.
The visit comes during BJP youth outreach and ahead of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- He will attend Shri Ram College of Commerce’s centenary celebrations and address the gathering.
- When
- Saturday, almost 13 years after his previous visit.
- Where
- Shri Ram College of Commerce at Delhi University in Delhi.
- Why
- To participate in the college’s centenary celebrations; the visit also comes during BJP youth outreach and before upcoming Assembly elections.
- Event
- Shri Ram College of Commerce centenary celebrations
- Speaker
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Previous visit
- 2013, when Modi was Gujarat chief minister
- Time since previous visit
- Almost 13 years
- Political context
- The BJP is conducting youth outreach following protests over exam paper leaks.
- Upcoming elections
- Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa are scheduled for next year.
- Earlier milestone
- Modi became prime minister in 2014, a year after his previous SRCC visit.